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“Books are a uniquely portable magic.”
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Stephen King,
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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#2
“Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.”
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Stephen King
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“Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good.”
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Stephen King
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#4
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
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Stephen King
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#5
“Not all those who wander are lost.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien,
The Fellowship of the Ring
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#6
“I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien,
The Fellowship of the Ring
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#7
“Never laugh at live dragons.”
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J.R.R. Tolkien
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#8
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
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J.K. Rowling,
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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dreams
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life
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#9
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
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J.K. Rowling,
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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#10
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
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Maya Angelou,
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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1970
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stories
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writing
31539 likes
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#11
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
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Ernest Hemingway
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writing
19421 likes
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#12
“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
―
Mark Twain
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humor
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#13
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
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Stephen King,
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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